POLICY, PUBLIC. By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for
the promotion of the public good.
2. That which is against public policy is generally unlawful. For
example, to restrain an individual from marrying, or from engaging in
business, when the restraint is general, in the first case, to all persons,
and, in the second, to all trades, business, or occupations. But if the
restraint be only partial, as that Titius shall not marry Moevia, or that
Caius shall not engage in a particular trade in a particular town or, place,
the restraint is not against public policy,, and therefore valid. 1 Story,
Eq. Jur. Sec. 274. See Newl. Contr. 472.

Fresno's health, welfare, and housing workers share the same fears as city cops like Pat Farmer: Having to act as de facto immigration officers will undermine their ability to do their regular jobs--difficult jobs that have to be done well.

In another episode, one of our men in blue persuades a boy who is about ten years old and involved in drug running (yes, he, too, is African American) to rat on the dealers and help the cop arrest them.

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